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Question: Which of these presidents is the worse?
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Franklin D Roosevelt (D)		  
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Harry Truman (D)		  
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Dwight D Eisenhower (R)		  
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John F Kennedy (D)		  
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Lyndon B Johnson (D)		  
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Richard Nixon (R)		  
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Gerald Ford (R)		  
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Jimmy Carter (D)		  
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Ronald Reagan (R)		  
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George HW Bush (R)		  
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Bill Clinton (D)		  
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George W Bush (R)		  
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Barack Obama (D)		  
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« on: June 19, 2012, 10:49:23 PM »
Which of these presidents is the worst?
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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2012, 10:55:45 PM »
Nixon -unlike George W. Bush (whom I know many are going to pick anyway) he threatened the very institutions of our democracy through his actions that led up to Watergate. 
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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2012, 10:58:38 PM »
Quote from: Frodo on June 19, 2012, 10:55:45 PM
Nixon -unlike George W. Bush (whom I know many are going to pick anyway) he threatened the very institutions of our democracy through his actions that led up to Watergate. 

As opposed to Bush, who (together with Cheney) committed crimes on several occasions with no regrets.
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« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2012, 11:00:45 PM »
Quote from: Ask Not What Mitt Romney Can Do For You on June 19, 2012, 10:58:38 PM
Quote from: Frodo on June 19, 2012, 10:55:45 PM
Nixon -unlike George W. Bush (whom I know many are going to pick anyway) he threatened the very institutions of our democracy through his actions that led up to Watergate. 

As opposed to Bush, who (together with Cheney) committed crimes on several occasions with no regrets.

Taking your partisan blinders off for a moment -what crimes did he commit that would outweigh those of Nixon? 
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« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2012, 11:30:55 PM »
El Bee Jay caused the highest number of pointless deaths, so him.  They've all sucked though.
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2012, 02:20:11 PM »
Reagan (normal)
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« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2012, 04:06:20 PM »
Reagan, yeah. From a long term perspective.
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« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2012, 05:20:21 PM »
LBJ. Among other things, he kept the war going even though he was of the opinion that it had become futile. He just kept the dying going like a deer in headlights, because he lacked the guts to admit it as an epic fail. And his guns and butter let the inflation genie out of the bottle, that took close to two decades to get back in.  And it took Clinton to shut down the welfare programs that were assisting greatly in maintaining the under class, and the breakup of black families. And he was a liar, and corrupt.  His name shall live in infamy in my mind for as long as I remain on this mortal coil.
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« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2012, 07:20:38 PM »
Bush: Afghanistan, failure to prevent 9/11, PATRIOT Act (and entailing spying, restrictions on freedoms, seizures, indefinite detention, associated expenditures), torture, invading Iraq, occupying Iraq, making Homeland Security, Adam Walsh Act, Katrina, Iran Freedom Support Act, attempt to overthrown Chavez, supporting Ethiopian action in Somalia, funding attacks against the Islamic Courts Union, supporting Gaza civil war (Fatah vs Hamas), led to decreased stability in Pakistan, vetoed less than any other President, backing opposition to reforms in Bolivia, Andean Counterdrug Initiative, Operation Pipe Dreams, Project Safe Neighborhoods (specifically the "renewed enforcement of federal firearms law"), invented "free speech zones", TSA, et al. Need I continue?
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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2012, 09:20:04 PM »
W, because he was like a reincarnation of our worst two-term president, Wilson.
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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2012, 10:35:49 PM »
Johnson>Nixon>>>Bush>Obama.
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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2012, 11:00:37 PM »
Probably Nixon, Carter, or Obama. The latter two just weren't suited for the office.

It's kind of a shame. I think Obama could have been more effective if he'd spent some more time in the senate. His bid was a little premature. He would've been good as the number 2 on a Hillary ticket. He'd be better in '16.
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« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2012, 07:52:43 PM »

I can't believe you would sully the name of Richard Milhous Nixon, putting it next to names like Johnson, Bush, & Obama.
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« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2012, 09:52:45 AM »
Johnson is easily in the top 10 presidents; if not for Vietnam, he'd be just below Washington, Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt.
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« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2012, 09:30:02 PM »
Quote from: Franzl on June 20, 2012, 04:06:20 PM
Reagan, yeah. From a long term perspective.

And short term as well. Iran-Contra showed what Reagan thought of ethics and the law.
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« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2012, 04:06:51 PM »
Bush, then Nixon (normal).
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« Reply #16 on: June 27, 2012, 04:23:12 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2012, 09:29:39 PM »
« Edited: June 27, 2012, 09:31:23 PM by Oldiesfreak1854 »
I thought it was "best president", so I voted Reagan.  Oops!!!  My actual vote for the worst since WWII would be for Jimmy Carter.
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« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2012, 03:03:19 PM »
Could somebody allow me to change my vote to Carter?
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« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2012, 06:28:44 PM »
Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on June 28, 2012, 03:03:19 PM
Could somebody allow me to change my vote to Carter?
The poll can be edited to allow votes to be changed, but only the original poster can do that, not even a moderator such as myself can.
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« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2012, 08:17:50 AM »
Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on June 28, 2012, 03:03:19 PM
Could somebody allow me to change my vote to Carter?

Your vote was already fairly accurate.
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« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2012, 10:10:09 AM »
That is saddening that both the Gipper and Dubya are considered worse Presidents than Jimmy "lusting in the heart" Carter.
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« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2012, 10:17:05 AM »
Quote from: BritishDixie on June 29, 2012, 10:10:09 AM
That is saddening that both the Gipper and Dubya are considered worse Presidents than Jimmy "lusting in the heart" Carter.
Agreed.  Except that I wouldn't resort to name-calling with Jimmy Carter.
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« Reply #23 on: June 29, 2012, 10:17:47 AM »
Quote from: Oldiesfreak1854 on June 29, 2012, 10:17:05 AM
Quote from: BritishDixie on June 29, 2012, 10:10:09 AM
That is saddening that both the Gipper and Dubya are considered worse Presidents than Jimmy "lusting in the heart" Carter.
Agreed.  Except that I wouldn't resort to name-calling with Jimmy Carter.

Couldn't resist.
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« Reply #24 on: June 29, 2012, 11:16:26 AM »
Carter had 4 years to screw stuff up; those 2 had 8. Since 8 is twice of 4, they could have (and did) screwed up twice as much stuff.
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